Connect to God's Heart Tonight [The Spirit Prays with Us]

foreign [Music] to this abide bedtime story this time is designed to bring you comfort from God's word and to soothe your soul from a long day as you drift into a restorative sleep as we begin take a deep breath and exhaling slowly settle in here it's time to abide in God's peace it's time to rest but the Holy Spirit guiding us in prayer and with the words of the Apostle Paul from Romans 8. guiding our hearts and Minds into peace before we begin take a moment to get comfortable [Music] adjust the lights if you need to stretch out or curl up and let the days worries and work Drift Away they will still be there tomorrow and God will give you what you need every day now is the time to accept God's Gift of rest so let your head sink softly into your pillow you are a child of God and your father is watching over you as you sleep tonight imagine God singing Over You a lullaby that leaves you feeling safe like a child and their parents loving arms feel yourself wrapped up secretly and God's never ending love if you're stressed release your stress to God if you're worried let those worries go allow your heart to open bring your thoughts and your feelings to God whatever they are can hold them breathe in God's peace breathe out your worries God is with you now God Is Watching Over You and God will work all things together for good for those who love him and nothing can separate you from his love you can lie down and sleep in peace let's pray Heavenly Father thank you for sending your Holy Spirit to be with your child tonight as they sleep to pray for them to comfort them to assure them of your everlasting love thank you that whatever trials we face and whatever sins we commit we can be sure that nothing can separate us from your love we praise you for the power of your love and the promise of your freedom tonight please bless this child with the gift of sleep soothe their heart quiet their mind bring relaxation to their body let these words from the Apostle Paul in Romans 8 guide them into all comfort [Music] May these words sink deep into their mind and spirit even as they rest may they be planted deeply in their soul to bear fruit in the coming days I ask this in the name of Jesus [Music] return to your breath noticing how it moves in and out how it nourishes you [Music] you don't need to try to do anything just be [Music] and just breathe Paul writes there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus and because you belong to him the power of the life-giving spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death breathe this in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation breathe in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation God thank you for the forgiveness and Reconciliation you have given us through Christ thank you that no one can bring a charge against this child your children are free and clean in Jesus with nothing to fear thank you for giving us the spirit to help us walk in newness of life let your child hear and believe these words tonight May these words lead them into rest that is deep and nourishing and sweet renew them as they trust in you we ask this in Jesus name amen Paul says letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace so let the Holy Spirit dwell in your mind now and ask for life and peace Paul says you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves instead you received God's spirit when he adopted you as his own children now we call him Abba Father for his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children picture yourself as a child with a good father your father doesn't want you to live in fear your father doesn't want you to keep working endlessly hard to please him your father doesn't treat you like a cog in a machine or a servant to do his bidding your father chose you and he runs after you your father Treasures you and delights in you your father forgives you Time After Time and nothing you can do changes the way he feels about you he's not a distant father to you he's your dad the one who always loves you and will never disown you [Music] father God thank you for adopting this child to be your child your beloved child and forgiving them your spirit may your spirit speak to them now and let them feel your tender love may your spirit speak Comfort to them and let them know they are your child forever Paul says and since we are his children we are his heirs fact together with Christ we are Heirs of God's glory but if we are to share his glory we must also share his suffering yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later for all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are against its will all creation was subjected to God's curse but with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children and glorious freedom from death and decay for we know that all creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth right up to the present time and we Believers also groan even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future Glory for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children including the new bodies he has promised us we were given this hope when we were saved imagine a Barren landscape plants struggle to grow rains come too rarely or all at once the sun is too weak or too strong animals fight for food and for dominance now picture the landscape transforming a gentle Sun a gentle rain soil growing rich soft seeds sprouting in what once was a desert trees offering powering shade and nourishing fruit a lion lying peacefully with a lamb enough for everyone families living together in harmony the cosmos flourishing every part doing what God created it to do this is the future Glory God has planned the kingdom of peace and wholeness where the curse is reversed in the hints of New Life and freedom we've experienced in the spirit will come in their fullness God We join with all creation and eager expectation of this day when you will bring the full glorious freedom from death and decay may your spirit bring more and more of the first fruits of this Kingdom into our lives and our world even now Paul says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness for example we don't know what God wants us to pray for but the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words and the father who knows all Hearts knows what the spirit is saying for the spirit pleads for us Believers in harmony with God's Own will and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them for God knew his people in advance and he chose them to become like his son so that his son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters and having chosen them he called them to come to him and having called them he gave them right standing with himself and having given them right standing he gave them his glory the Holy Spirit prays for you now with language beyond words the Holy Spirit prays for God's will to be complete in you for you to flourish and the calling God has for you rest in the assurance that the spirit intercedes on your behalf rest in the assurance that God will cause everything to work together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose rest in the assurance that you have been called to join in the sufferings of Christ and also the glory of Christ [Music] Paul goes on what shall we say about such wonderful things as these if God is for us who can never be against us since he did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all won't he also give us everything else Who Dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own no one for God himself has given us right standing with himself who then will condemn us no one for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand pleading for us anything ever separate us from Christ's love does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble calamity or are persecuted or hungry or destitute or endanger or even threatened with death as the scriptures say for your sake we are killed every day we are being slaughtered like sheep no despite all these things overwhelming Victory Is Ours through Christ who loved us and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor are worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our lord gracious and Powerful God thank you for these powerful promises if you are for us no one can stand against us every accuser will fall your spirit intercedes for this child your son pleads on this child's behalf and you have promised that nothing can ever separate this child from your love your love is not like human love which fails Your Love Never Fails help this child to trust you even those suffering in Trials will come [Music] help this child to feel the Assurance of the spirit within them letting them know that they are yours forever God I ask now that you will be with your child as they sleep through this night please give them peaceful dreams restore their mind and their spirit and wake them in the morning to a new day that you have made that they may rejoice and be glad in it that they may join in the work of bringing your peaceful Kingdom to Earth and the power of the spirit [Music] in the name of the father son Son and Holy Spirit amen return to your breath [Music] noticing how it moves in [Music] and out how it nourishes you you don't need to try to do anything just be and just breathe Paul writes there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus and because you belong to him the power of the life-giving spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death breathe this in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation breathe in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation God thank you for the forgiveness and Reconciliation you have given us through Christ thank you that no one can bring a charge against this child your children are free and clean in Jesus with nothing to fear thank you for giving us the spirit to help us walk in newness of life let your child hear and believe these words tonight May these words lead them into rest that is deep and nourishing and sweet renew them as they trust in you we ask this in Jesus name amen Paul says letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace so let the Holy Spirit dwell in your mind now and ask for life and peace Paul says you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves instead you received God's spirit when he adopted you as his own children now we call him Abba Father for his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children picture yourself as a child with a good father your father doesn't want you to live in fear your father doesn't want you to keep working endlessly hard to please him your father doesn't treat you like a cog in a machine or a servant to do his bidding your father chose you and he runs after you your father Treasures you and delights in you your father forgives you Time After Time and nothing you can do changes the way he feels about you he's not a distant father to you he's your dad the one who always loves you and will never disown you father God thank you for adopting this child to be your child your beloved child and forgiving them your spirit may your spirit speak to them now and let them feel your tender love may your spirit speak Comfort to them and let them know they are your child forever Paul says and since we are his children we are his heirs fact together with Christ we are Heirs of God's glory but if we are to share his glory we must also share his suffering yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later for all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are against its will all creation was subjected to God's curse but with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children and glorious freedom from death and decay for we know that all creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth right up to the present time and we Believers also grown even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future Glory for we long for our bodies to be released from sin suffering we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children including the new bodies he has promised us we were given this hope when we were saved imagine a Barren landscape plants struggle to grow rains come too rarely or all at once the sun is too weak or too strong animals fight for food and for dominance now picture the landscape transforming a gentle Sun a gentle rain soil growing rich and soft seeds sprouting in what once was a desert trees offering towering shade and nourishing fruit a lion lying peacefully with a lamb enough for everyone families living together in harmony the cosmos flourishing every part doing what God created it to do this is the future Glory God has planned the kingdom of peace and wholeness where the curse is reversed in the hints of New Life and freedom we've experienced in the spirit will come in their fullness God We join with all creation and eager expectation of this day when you will bring the full glorious freedom from death and decay may your spirit bring more and more of the first fruits of this Kingdom into our lives and our world even now Paul says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness for example we don't know what God wants us to pray for but the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words and the father who knows all Hearts knows what the spirit is saying for the spirit pleads for us Believers in harmony with God's Own will and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them for God knew his people in advance and he chose them to become like his son so that his son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters and having chosen them he called them to come to him and having called them he gave them right standing with himself and having given them right standing he gave them his glory the Holy Spirit prays for you now with language beyond words the Holy Spirit prays for God's will to be complete in you for you to flourish and the calling God has for you rest in the assurance that this Spirit intercedes on your behalf rest in the assurance that God will cause everything to work together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose rest in the assurance that you have been called to join in the sufferings of Christ and also the glory of Christ [Music] [Music] Paul goes on what shall we say about such wonderful things as these if God is for us who can ever be against us since he did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all won't he also give us everything else Who Dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own no one for God himself has given us right standing with himself who then will condemn us no one for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand pleading for us anything ever separate us from Christ's love does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble calamity or are persecuted or hungry or destitute or endanger or even threatened with death as the scriptures say for your sake we are killed every day we are being slaughtered like sheep no despite all these things overwhelming Victory Is Ours through Christ who loved us and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our lord gracious and Powerful God thank you for these powerful promises if you are for us no one can stand against us every accuser will fall your spirit intercedes for this child your son pleads on this child's behalf and you have promised that nothing can ever separate this child from your love [Music] your love is not like human love which fails Your Love Never Fails help this child to trust you even those suffering in Trials will come help this child to feel the Assurance of the spirit within them letting them know that they are yours forever God I ask now that you will be with your child as they sleep through this night please give them peaceful dreams restore their mind and their spirit and wake them in the morning to a new day that you have made that they may rejoice and be glad in it that they may join in the work of bringing your peaceful Kingdom to Earth and the power of the spirit in the name of the father son and holy spirit amen return to your breath noticing how it moves in and out how it nourishes you you don't need to try to do anything just be and just breathe Paul writes there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus and because you belong to him the power of the life-giving spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death breathe this in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation breathe in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation foreign God thank you for the forgiveness and Reconciliation you have given us through Christ thank you that no one can bring a charge against this child your children are free and clean in Jesus with nothing to fear thank you for giving us the spirit to help us walk in newness of life let your child hear and believe these words tonight May these words lead them into rest that is deep and nourishing and sweet renew them as they trust in you we ask this in Jesus name amen Paul says letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace Spirit dwell in your mind now and ask for life and peace Paul says you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves instead you received God's spirit when he adopted you as his own children now we call him Abba Father for his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children picture yourself as a child with a good father your father doesn't want you to live in fear your father doesn't want you to keep working endlessly hard to please him your father doesn't treat you like a cog in a machine or a servant to do his bidding your father chose you and he runs after you your father Treasures you and delights in you your father forgives you Time After Time and nothing you can do changes the way he feels about you he's not a distant father to you he's your dad the one who always loves you and will never disown you father God thank you for adopting this child to be your child your beloved child and for giving them your spirit may your spirit speak to them now and let them feel your tender love may your spirits speak Comfort to them and let them know they are your child forever Paul says and since we are his children we are his heirs in fact together with Christ we are Heirs of God's glory but if we are to share his glory we must also share his suffering foreign yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later for all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are against its will all creation was subjected to God's curse but with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children and glorious freedom from death and decay for we know that all creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth right up to the present time and we Believers also groan even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future Glory for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children including the new bodies he has promised us we were given this hope when we were saved [Music] imagine a Barren landscape plants struggle to grow rains come too rarely or all at once [Music] the sun is too weak or too strong animals fight for food and for dominance now picture the landscape transforming a gentle Sun a gentle rain soil growing rich and soft seeds sprouting in what once was a desert trees offering powering shade and nourishing fruit a lion lying peacefully with a lamb enough for everyone families living together in harmony Cosmos flourishing every part doing what God created it to do this is the future Glory God has planned the kingdom of peace and wholeness where the curse is reversed in the hints of New Life and freedom we've experienced in the spirit will come in their fullness God We join with all creation and eager expectation of this day when you will bring the full glorious freedom from death and decay may your spirit bring more and more of the first fruits of this Kingdom into our lives and our world even now Paul says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness for example we don't know what God wants us to pray for but the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words and the father who knows all Hearts knows what the spirit is saying for the spirit pleads for us Believers in harmony with God's Own will and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them for God knew his people in advance and he chose them to become like his son so that his son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters and having chosen them he called them to come to him and having called them he gave them right standing with himself and having given them right standing he gave them his glory the Holy Spirit prays for you now with language beyond words the Holy Spirit prays for God's will to be complete in you for you to flourish and the calling God has for you rest in the assurance that the spirit intercedes on your behalf rest in the assurance that God will cause everything to work together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose rest in the assurance that you have been called to join in the sufferings of Christ and also the glory of Christ [Music] [Music] Paul goes on shall we say about such wonderful things as these if God is for us who can never be against us since he did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all won't he also give us everything else dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own no one for God himself has given us right standing with himself who then will condemn us no one for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand pleading for us can anything ever separate us from Christ's love does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity or are persecuted or hungry or destitute or endanger or even threatened with death as the scriptures say for your sake we are killed every day we are being slaughtered like sheep no despite all these things overwhelming Victory Is Ours through Christ who loved us and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor are worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell and separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our lord gracious and Powerful God thank you for these powerful promises if you are for us no one can stand against us every accuser will fall your spirit intercedes for this child your son pleads on this child's behalf and you have promised that nothing can ever separate this child from your love your love is not like human love which fails Your Love Never Fails help this child to trust you even those suffering in Trials will come help this child to feel the Assurance of the spirit within them letting them know that they are yours forever God I ask now that you will be with your child as they sleep through this night please give them peaceful dreams restore their mind and their spirit and wake them in the morning to a new day that you have made that they may rejoice and be glad in it that they may join in the work of bringing your peaceful Kingdom to Earth and the power of the spirit in the name of the father son and holy spirit amen return to your breath noticing how it moves in and out how it nourishes you you don't need to try to do anything just be and just breathe Paul writes there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus and because you belong to him the power of the life-giving spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death breathe this in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation breathe in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation God thank you for the forgiveness and Reconciliation you have given us through Christ thank you that no one can bring a charge against this child your children are free and clean in Jesus with nothing to fear thank you for giving us the spirit to help us walk in newness of life let your child hear and believe these words tonight May these words lead them into rest that is deep and nourishing and sweet renew them as they trust in you we ask this in Jesus name amen Paul says letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace so let the Holy Spirit dwell in your mind now and ask for life and peace Paul says you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves instead you received God's spirit when he adopted you as his own children now we call him Abba Father for his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children picture yourself as a child with a good father your father doesn't want you to live in fear your father doesn't want you to keep working endlessly hard to please him your father doesn't treat you like a cog in a machine or a servant to do his bidding [Music] your father chose you and he runs after you your father Treasures you and delights in you your father forgives you Time After Time and nothing you can do changes the way he feels about you he's not a distant father to you he's your dad the one who always loves you and will never disown you father God thank you for adopting this child to be your child your beloved child and for giving them your spirit may your spirit speak to them now and let them feel your tender love may your spirits speak Comfort to them and let them know they are your child forever Paul says and since we are his children we are his heirs in fact together with Christ we are Heirs of God's glory but if we are to share his glory we must also share his suffering yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later for all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are against its will all creation was subjected to God's curse but with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children and glorious freedom from death and decay for we know that all creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth right up to the present time and we Believers also groan even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future Glory for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children including the new bodies he has promised us we were given this hope when we were saved imagine a Barren landscape [Music] plants struggle to grow rains come too rarely or all at once the sun is too weak or too strong animals fight for food and for dominance [Music] now picture the landscape transforming a gentle Sun a gentle rain soil growing rich and soft Deeds sprouting in what once was a desert trees offering powering shade and nourishing fruit a lion lying peacefully with a lamb enough for everyone families living together in harmony Cosmos flourishing every part doing what God created it to do this is the future Glory God has planned the kingdom of peace and wholeness where the curse is reversed in the hints of new life and freedom we've experienced in the spirit will come in their fullness God We join with all creation an eager expectation of this day when you will bring the full glorious freedom from death and decay may your spirit bring more and more of the first fruits of this Kingdom into our lives and our world even now Paul says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness for example we don't know what God wants us to pray for but the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words and the father who knows all Hearts knows what the spirit is saying for the spirit pleads for us Believers in harmony with God's Own will and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them for God knew his people in advance and he chose them to become like his son so that his son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters in having chosen them he called them to come to him and having called them he gave them right standing with himself and having given them right standing he gave them his glory the Holy Spirit prays for you now with language beyond words the Holy Spirit prays for God's will to be complete in you for you to flourish and the calling God has for you rest in the assurance that the spirit intercedes on your behalf rest in the assurance that God will cause everything to work together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose rest in the assurance that you have been called to join in the sufferings of Christ and also the glory of Christ [Music] Paul goes on what shall we say about such wonderful things as these if God is for us who can never be against us since he did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all won't he also give us everything else Who Dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own no one for God himself has given us right standing with himself who then will condemn us no one for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand pleading for us can anything ever separate us from Christ's love does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity or are persecuted or hungry or destitute or endanger or even threatened with death as the scriptures say for your sake we are killed every day we are being slaughtered like sheep no despite all these things overwhelming Victory Is Ours through Christ who loved us and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our lord gracious and Powerful God thank you for these powerful promises if you are for us no one can stand against us every accuser will fall your spirit intercedes for this child your son pleads on this child's behalf and you have promised that nothing can ever separate this child from your love [Music] your love is not like human love which fails Your Love Never Fails help this child to trust you even those suffering in Trials will come help this child to feel the Assurance of the spirit within them letting them know that they are yours forever [Music] God I ask now that you will be with your child as they sleep through this night please give them peaceful dreams restore their mind and their spirit [Music] and wake them in the morning to a new day that you have made that they may rejoice and be glad in it that they may join in the work of bringing your peaceful Kingdom to Earth and the power of the spirit in the name of the father son and holy spirit amen return to your breath noticing how it moves in and out how it nourishes you you don't need to try to do anything just be and just breathe Paul writes there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus and because you belong to him the power of the life-giving spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death breathe this in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation breathe in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation God thank you for the forgiveness and Reconciliation you have given us through Christ thank you that no one can bring a charge against this child your children are free and clean in Jesus with nothing to fear thank you for giving us the spirit to help us walk in newness of life let your child hear and believe these words tonight May these words lead them into rest that is deep and nourishing and sweet renew them as they trust in you we ask this in Jesus name amen Paul says letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace so let the Holy Spirit dwell in your mind now and ask for life and peace Paul says you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves instead you received God's spirit when he adopted you as his own children now we call him Abba Father for his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children picture yourself as a child with a good father your father doesn't want you to live in fear your father doesn't want you to keep working endlessly hard to please him your father doesn't treat you like a cog in a machine or a servant to do his bidding your father chose you and he runs after you your father Treasures you and delights in you your father forgives you Time After Time and nothing you can do changes the way he feels about you he's not a distant father to you he's your dad the one who always loves you and will never disown you father God thank you for adopting this child to be your child your beloved child and for giving them your spirit may your spirit speak to them now and let them feel your tender love may your spirit speak Comfort to them and let them know they are your child forever Paul says and since we are his children we are his heirs fact together with Christ we are Heirs of God's glory but if we are to share his glory we must also share his suffering yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later for all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are against its will all creation was subjected to God's curse but with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay for we know that all creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth right up to the present time and we Believers also groan even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future Glory for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children including the new bodies he has promised us we were given this hope [Music] when we were saved [Music] imagine a Barren landscape plants struggle to grow rains come too rarely or all at once the sun is too weak or too strong [Music] animals fight for food and for dominance now picture the landscape transforming a gentle Sun a gentle rain soil growing rich soft seeds sprouting in what once was a desert trees offering powering shade and nourishing fruit a lion lying peacefully with a lamb enough for everyone families living together in harmony Cosmos flourishing every part doing what God created it to do this is the future Glory God has planned the kingdom of peace and wholeness where the curse is reversed in the hints of New Life and freedom we've experienced in the spirit will come in their fullness God We join with all creation and eager expectation of this day when you will bring the full glorious freedom from death and decay may your spirit bring more and more of the first fruits of this Kingdom into our lives and our world even now Paul says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness for example we don't know what God wants us to pray for but the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words and the father who knows all Hearts knows what the spirit is saying for the spirit pleads for us Believers in harmony with God's Own will and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them for God knew his people in advance and he chose them to become like his son so that his son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters and having chosen them he called them to come to him and having called them he gave them right standing with himself and having given them right standing he gave them his glory the Holy Spirit prays for you now with language beyond words the Holy Spirit prays for God's will to be complete in you for you to flourish and the calling God has for you rest in the assurance that the spirit intercedes on your behalf rest in the assurance that God will cause everything to work together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose rest in the assurance that you have been called to join in the sufferings of Christ and also the glory of Christ Paul goes on what shall we say about such wonderful things as these if God is for us who can never be against us since he did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all won't he also give us everything else Who Dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own no one for God himself has given us right standing with himself who then will condemn us no one for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand pleading for us can anything ever separate us from Christ's love does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble calamity or are persecuted or hungry or destitute or endanger or even threatened with death there's the scriptures say for your sake we are killed every day we are being slaughtered like sheep no despite all these things overwhelming Victory Is Ours through Christ who loved us and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our lord gracious and Powerful God [Music] thank you for these powerful promises if you are for us no one can stand against us every accuser will fall your spirit intercedes for this child [Music] your son pleads on this child's behalf and you have promised that nothing can ever separate this child from your love your love is not like human love which fails Your Love Never Fails help this child to trust you even those suffering in Trials will come help this child to feel the Assurance of the spirit within them letting them know that they are yours forever God I ask now that you will be with your child as they sleep through this night please give them peaceful dreams restore their mind and their spirit and wake them in the morning to a new day that you have made that they may rejoice and be glad in it that they may join in the work of bringing your peaceful Kingdom to Earth and the power of the spirit in the name of the father son and holy spirit amen as we begin take a deep breath and exhaling slowly settle in here it's time to abide in God's peace it's time to rest the Holy Spirit guiding us in prayer and with the words of the Apostle Paul from Romans 8. guiding our hearts and Minds into peace before we begin take a moment to get comfortable adjust the lights if you need to stretch out or curl up and let the days worries and work Drift Away they will still be there tomorrow and God will give you what you need every day now is the time to accept God's Gift of rest so let your head sink softly into your pillow you are a child of God and your father is watching over you as you sleep tonight imagine God singing Over You a lullaby that leaves you feeling safe like a child and their parents loving arms feel yourself wrapped up secretly and God's never ending love if you're stressed release your stress to God if you're worried let those worries go allow your heart to open bring your thoughts and your feelings to God whatever they are God can hold them breathe in God's peace and breathe out your worries God is with you now God Is Watching Over You and God will work all things together for good for those who love him and nothing can separate you from his love you can lie down and sleep in peace let's pray [Music] Heavenly Father thank you for sending your Holy Spirit to be with your child tonight as they sleep [Music] pray for them to comfort them to assure them of your everlasting love thank you that whatever trials we face and whatever sins we commit we can be sure that nothing can separate us from your love we praise you for the power of your love and the promise of your freedom tonight please bless this child with the gift of sleep soothe their heart quiet their mind bring relaxation to their body let these words from the Apostle Paul in Romans 8 guide them into all comfort May these words sink deep into their mind and spirit even as they rest may they be planted deeply in their soul to bear fruit in the coming days I ask this in the name of Jesus return to your breath noticing how it moves in and out how it nourishes you you don't need to try to do anything just be and just breathe Paul writes there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus and because you belong to him the power of the life-giving spirit freed you from the power of sin that leads to death breathe this in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation breathe in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation God thank you for the forgiveness and Reconciliation you have given us through Christ thank you that no one can bring a charge against this child your children are free and clean in Jesus with nothing to fear thank you for giving us the spirit to help us walk in newness of life let your child hear and believe these words tonight May these words lead them into rest that is deep and nourishing and sweet renew them as they trust in you we ask this in Jesus name amen [Music] Paul says letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace so let the Holy Spirit dwell in your mind now and ask for life and peace [Music] Paul says you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves instead you received God's spirit when he adopted you as his own children now we call him Abba Father for his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children picture yourself as a child with a good father your father doesn't want you to live in fear your father doesn't want you to keep working endlessly hard to please him your father doesn't treat you like a cog in a machine or a servant to do his spitting your father chose you and he runs after you your father Treasures you and delights in you your father forgives you Time After Time and nothing you can do changes the way he feels about you he's not a distant father to you he's he's your dad the one who always loves you and will never disown you father God thank you for adopting this child to be your child your beloved child and forgiving them your spirit may your spirit speak to them now and let them feel your tender love may your spirit speak Comfort to them and let them know they are your child forever Paul says and since we are his children we are his heirs in fact together with Christ we are Heirs of God's glory but if we are to share his glory we must also share his suffering yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later for all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are against its will all creation was subjected to God's curse but with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay for we know that all creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth right up to the present time and we Believers also groan even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future Glory for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering [Music] we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children including the new bodies he has promised us we were given this hope when we were saved imagine a Barren landscape plants struggle to grow rains come too rarely or all at once the sun is too weak or too strong animals fight for food and for dominance now picture the landscape transforming a gentle Sun gentle rain soil growing rich and soft seeds sprouting in what once was a desert trees offering towering shade and nourishing fruit a lion lying peacefully with a lamb enough for everyone families living together in harmony the cosmos flourishing every part doing what God created it to do this is the future Glory God has planned the kingdom of peace and wholeness where the curse is reversed in the hints of New Life and freedom we've experienced in the spirit will come in their fullness God We join with all creation and eager expectation of this day when you will bring the full glorious freedom from death and decay may your spirit bring more and more of the first fruits of this Kingdom into our lives and our world even now Paul says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness for example we don't know what God wants us to pray for but the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words and the father who knows all Hearts knows what the spirit is saying for the spirit pleads for us Believers in harmony with God's Own will and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them for God knew his people in advance and he chose them to become like his son [Music] so that his son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters and having chosen them he called them to come to him and having called them he gave them right standing with himself [Music] and having given them right standing he gave them his glory the Holy Spirit prays for you now with language beyond words the Holy Spirit prays for God's will to be complete in you for you to flourish and the calling God has for you rest in the assurance that the spirit intercedes on your behalf rest in the assurance that God will cause everything to work together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose rest in the assurance that you have been called to join in the sufferings of Christ and also the glory of Christ Paul goes on what shall we say about such wonderful things as these if God is for us who can never be against us since he did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all won't he also give us everything else Who Dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own no one for God himself has given us right standing with himself who then will condemn us no one for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand pleading for us can anything ever separate us from Christ's love does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity or are persecuted or hungry or destitute or endanger or even threatened with death as the scriptures say for your sake we are killed every day we are being slaughtered like sheep no despite all these things overwhelming Victory Is Ours through Christ who loved us and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor are worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our lord gracious and Powerful God thank you for these powerful promises [Music] if you are for us no one can stand against us every accuser will fall your spirit intercedes for this child your son pleads on this child's behalf and you have promised that nothing can ever separate this child from your love your love is not like human love which fails Your Love Never Fails help this child to trust you even those suffering in Trials will come help this child to feel the Assurance of the spirit within them letting them know that they are yours forever God I ask now that you will be with your child as they sleep through this night please give them peaceful dreams restore their mind and their spirit and wake them in the morning to a new day that you have made that they may rejoice and be glad in it that they may join in the work of bringing your peaceful Kingdom to Earth and the power of the spirit in the name of the father done and holy spirit amen return to your breath noticing how it moves in and out how it nourishes you you don't need to try to do anything just be and just breathe Paul writes there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus and because you belong to him the power of the life-giving spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death breathe this in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation breathe in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation [Music] God thank you for the forgiveness and Reconciliation you have given us through Christ thank you that no one can bring a charge against this child [Music] your children are free and clean in Jesus with nothing to fear thank you for giving us the spirit to help us walk in newness of life let your child hear and believe these words tonight May these words lead them into rest that is deep and nourishing and sweet renew them as they trust in you we ask this in Jesus name amen Paul says letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace [Music] so let the Holy Spirit dwell in your mind now and ask for life in peace Paul says you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves instead you received God's spirit when he adopted you as his own children now we call him Abba Father for his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children picture yourself as a child with a good father your father doesn't want you to live in fear your father doesn't want you to keep working endlessly hard to please him your father doesn't treat you like a cog in a machine or a servant to do his bidding your father chose you and he runs after you your father Treasures you and delights in you your father forgives you Time After Time and nothing you can do changes the way he feels about you he's not a distant father to you he's your dad the one who always loves you and will never disown you father God thank you for adopting this child to be your child your beloved child and for giving them your spirit may your spirit speak to them now and let them feel your tender love may your spirits speak Comfort to them and let them know they are your child forever thank you Paul says and since we are his children we are his heirs in fact together with Christ we are Heirs of God's glory but if we are to share his glory we must also share his suffering yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later for all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are against its will all creation was subjected to God's curse but with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children and glorious freedom from death and decay for we know that all creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth right up to the present time and we Believers also groan even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future Glory for we long for our bodies to be released from sin suffering we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children including the new bodies he has promised us we were given this hope when we were saved imagine a Barren landscape plants struggle to grow rains come too rarely or all at once the sun is too weak or too strong animals fight for food and for dominance now picture the landscape transforming a gentle Sun a gentle rain soil growing rich and soft seeds sprouting in what once was a desert trees offering towering shade and nourishing fruit a lion lying peacefully with a lamb enough for everyone families living together in harmony the cosmos flourishing every part doing what God created it to do this is the future Glory God has planned the kingdom of peace and wholeness where the curse is reversed in the hints of new life and freedom we've experienced in the spirit will come in their fullness God We join with all creation and eager expectation of this day when you will bring the full glorious freedom from death and decay may your spirit bring more and more of the first fruits of this Kingdom into our lives and our world even now [Music] Paul says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness for example we don't know what God wants us to pray for but the Holy Spirit prays for us [Music] with groanings that cannot be expressed in words and the father who knows all Hearts knows what the spirit is saying for the spirit pleads for us Believers in harmony with God's Own will and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them for God knew his people in advance and he chose them to become like his son so that his son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters [Music] and having chosen them he called them to come to him and having called them he gave them right standing with himself and having given them right standing he gave them his glory the Holy Spirit prays for you now with language beyond words the Holy Spirit prays for God's will to be complete in you for you to flourish and the calling God has for you rest in the assurance that this Spirit intercedes on your behalf rest in the assurance that God will cause everything to work together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose rest in the assurance that you have been called to join in the sufferings of Christ and also the glory of Christ Paul goes on what shall we say about such wonderful things as these if God is for us who can never be against us since he did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all won't he also give us everything else Who Dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own no one for God himself has given us right standing with himself who then will condemn us no one for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand pleading for us can anything ever separate us from Christ's love does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity or are persecuted or hungry or destitute or in danger or even threatened with death as the scriptures say for your sake we are killed every day we are being slaughtered like sheep no despite all these things overwhelming Victory Is Ours through Christ Who Loved Us and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor are our worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our lord [Music] gracious and Powerful God thank you for these powerful promises if you are for us no one can stand against us every accuser will fall your spirit intercedes for this child your son pleads on this child's behalf and you've promised that nothing can ever separate this child from your love your love is not like human love which fails Your Love Never Fails help this child to trust you even those suffering in Trials will come help this child to feel the Assurance of the spirit within them letting them know that they are yours forever God I ask now that you will be with your child as they sleep through this night please give them peaceful dreams restore their mind and their spirit and wake them in the morning to a new day that you have made that they may rejoice be glad in it that they may join in the work of bringing your peaceful Kingdom to Earth and the power of the spirit in the name of the father son and holy spirit amen return to your breath noticing how it moves in and out how it nourishes you you don't need to try to do anything just be and just breathe Paul writes there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus and because you belong to him the power of the life-giving spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death breathe this in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation breathe in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation [Music] foreign God thank you for the forgiveness and Reconciliation you have given us through Christ thank you that no one can bring a charge against this child your children are free and clean in Jesus with nothing to fear thank you for giving us the spirit to help us walk in newness of life let your child hear and believe these words tonight May these words lead them into rest that is deep and nourishing and sweet renew them as they trust in you we ask this in Jesus name amen [Music] Paul says letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace Spirit dwell in your mind now and ask for life and peace Paul says you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves instead you received God's spirit when he adopted you as his own children now we call him Abba Father for his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children picture yourself as a child with a good father your father doesn't want you to live in fear your father doesn't want you to keep working endlessly hard to please him your father doesn't treat you like a cog in a machine or a servant to do his bidding your father chose you and he runs after you your father Treasures you and delights in you your father forgives you Time After Time and nothing you can do changes the way he feels about you he's not a distant father to you he's he's your dad the one who always loves you and will never disown you father God thank you for adopting this child to be your child your beloved child and for giving them your spirit may your spirit speak to them now and let them feel your tender love may your spirits speak Comfort to them and let them know they are your child forever Paul says and since we are his children we are his heirs in fact together with Christ we are Heirs of God's glory but if we are to share his glory we must also share his suffering yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later for all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are against its will all creation was subjected to God's curse but with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children and glorious freedom from death and decay for we know that all creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth right up to the present time and we Believers also groan even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future Glory for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children including the new bodies he has promised us we were given this hope when we were saved imagine a Barren landscape plants struggle to grow rains come too rarely or all at once the sun is too weak or too strong animals fight for food and for dominance now picture the landscape transforming a gentle Sun a gentle rain soil growing rich and soft seeds sprouting in what once was a desert trees offering towering shade and nourishing fruit a lion lying peacefully with a lamb enough for everyone families living together in harmony the cosmos flourishing every part doing what God created it to do this is the future Glory God has planned a kingdom of peace and wholeness where the curse is reversed in the hints of new life and freedom we've experienced in the spirit will come in their fullness God We join with all creation and eager expectation of this day when you will bring the full glorious freedom from death and decay may your spirit bring more and more of the first fruits of this Kingdom into our lives and our world even now [Music] Paul says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness for example we don't know what God wants us to pray for but the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words and the father who knows all Hearts knows what the spirit is saying for the spirit pleads for us Believers in harmony with God's Own will and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them for God knew his people in advance and he chose them to become like his son so that his son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters and having chosen them he called them to come to him and having called them he gave them right standing with himself and having given them right standing he gave them his glory the Holy Spirit prays for you now with language beyond words the Holy Spirit prays for God's will to be complete in you for you to flourish and the calling God has for you rest in the assurance that the spirit intercedes on your behalf rest in the assurance that God will cause everything to work together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose rest in the assurance that you have been called to join in the sufferings of Christ and also the glory of Christ Paul goes on shall we say about such wonderful things as these if God is for us who can never be against us since he did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all won't he also give us everything else Who Dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own no one for God himself has given us right standing with himself who then will condemn us no one for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand pleading for us can anything ever separate us from Christ's love does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity or are persecuted or hungry or destitute or endanger or even threatened with death as the scriptures say for your sake we are killed every day we are being slaughtered like sheep no despite all these things overwhelming Victory Is Ours through Christ who loved us and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor are worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God as revealed in Christ Jesus our lord gracious and Powerful God thank you for these powerful promises if you are for us no one can stand against us every accuser will fall your spirit intercedes for this child your son pleads on this child's behalf and you have promised that nothing can ever separate this child from your love your love is not like human love which fails Your Love Never Fails help this child to trust you even those suffering in Trials will come help this child to feel the Assurance of the spirit within them letting them know that they are yours forever God I ask now that you will be with your child as they sleep through this night please give them peaceful dreams restore their mind and their spirit and wake them in the morning to a new day that you have made that they may rejoice be glad in it that they may join in the work of bringing your peaceful Kingdom to Earth and the power of the spirit in the name of the father son and holy spirit amen return to your breath noticing how it moves in and out how it nourishes you you don't need to try to do anything just be and just breathe Paul writes there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus and because you belong to him the power of the life-giving spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death breathe this in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation breathe in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation [Music] [Music] God thank you for the forgiveness and Reconciliation you have given us through Christ thank you that no one can bring a charge against this child [Music] your children are free and clean in Jesus with nothing to fear thank you for giving us the spirit to help us walk in newness of life let your child hear and believe these words tonight May these words lead them into rest that is deep and nourishing and sweet renew them as they trust in you ask this in Jesus name amen Paul says letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace so let the Holy Spirit dwell in your mind now and ask for life and peace Paul says you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves instead you received God's spirit when he adopted you as his own children now we call him Abba Father for his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children picture yourself as a child with a good father your father doesn't want you to live in fear your father doesn't want you to keep working endlessly hard to please him your father doesn't treat you like a cog in a machine or a servant to do his bidding your father chose you and he runs after you your father Treasures you and delights in you your father forgives you Time After Time and nothing you can do changes the way he feels about you he's not a distant father to you he's your dad the one who always loves you and will never disown you father God thank you for adopting this child to be your child your beloved child and forgiving them your spirit may your spirit speak to them now and let them feel your tender love may your spirit speak Comfort to them and let them know they are your child forever Paul says and since we are his children we are his heirs fact together with Christ we are Heirs of God's glory but if we are to share his glory we must also share his suffering yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later for all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are against its will all creation was subjected to God's curse but with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children and glorious freedom from death and decay for we know that all creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth right up to the present time and we Believers also groan even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future Glory for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children including the new bodies he has promised us we were given this hope when we were saved imagine a Barren landscape plants struggle to grow rains come too rarely or all at once the sun is too weak or too strong animals fight for food and for dominance now picture the landscape transforming a gentle Sun a gentle rain soil growing rich soft seeds sprouting in what once was a desert trees offering powering shade and nourishing fruit a lion lying peacefully with a lamb enough for everyone families living together in harmony the cosmos flourishing every part doing what God created it to do this is the future Glory God has planned the kingdom of peace and wholeness where the curse is reversed in the hints of New Life and freedom we've experienced in the spirit will come in their fullness God We join with all creation and eager expectation of this day when you will bring the full glorious freedom from death and decay may your spirit bring more and more of the first fruits of this Kingdom into our lives and our world even now [Music] [Music] Paul says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness for example we don't know what God wants us to pray for but the Holy Spirit prays for us [Music] with groanings that cannot be expressed in words [Music] and the father who knows all Hearts knows what the spirit is saying for the spirit pleads for us Believers in harmony with God's Own will and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them for God knew his people in advance and he chose them to become like his son so that his son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters and having chosen them he called them to come to him and having called them he gave them right standing with himself and having given them right standing he gave them his glory the Holy Spirit prays for you now with language beyond words the Holy Spirit prays for God's will to be complete in you for you to flourish and the calling God has for you rest in the assurance that the spirit intercedes on your behalf rest in the assurance that God will cause everything to work together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose rest in the assurance that you have been called join in the sufferings of Christ and also the glory of Christ Paul goes on what shall we say about such wonderful things as these if God is for us who can never be against us since he did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all won't he also give us everything else Who Dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own no one for God himself has given us right standing with himself who then will condemn us no one for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand pleading for us can anything ever separate us from Christ's love does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity or are persecuted or hungry or destitute or endanger or even threatened with death as the scriptures say for your sake we are killed every day we are being slaughtered like sheep no despite all these things overwhelming Victory Is Ours through Christ who loved us and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor are worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our lord gracious and Powerful God thank you for these powerful promises if you are for us no one can stand against us every accuser will fall your spirit intercedes for this child your son pleads on this child's behalf and you have promised that nothing can ever separate this child from your love your love is not like human love which fails Your Love Never Fails help this child to trust you even those suffering in Trials will come help this child to feel the Assurance of the spirit within them letting them know that they are yours forever God I ask now that you will be with your child as they sleep through this night please give them peaceful dreams restore their mind and their spirit and wake them in the morning to a new day that you have made that they may rejoice and be glad in it that they may join in the work of bringing your peaceful Kingdom to Earth and the power of the spirit in the name of the father son and holy spirit amen return to your breath noticing how it moves in and out how it nourishes you you don't need to try to do anything just be and just breathe Paul writes there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus and because you belong to him the power of the life-giving spirit freed you from the power of sin that leads to death breathe this in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation breathe in for those who belong to Jesus and out there is no condemnation [Music] God thank you for the forgiveness and Reconciliation you have given us through Christ thank you that no one can bring a charge against this child your children are free and clean in Jesus with nothing to fear thank you for giving us the spirit to help us walk in newness of life let your child hear and believe these words tonight May these words lead them into rest that is deep and nourishing and sweet renew them as they trust in you we ask this in Jesus name amen Paul says letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace so let the Holy Spirit dwell in your mind now and ask for life and peace Paul says you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves instead you received God's spirit when he adopted you as his own children now we call him Abba Father for his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children picture yourself as a child with a good father your father doesn't want you to live in fear your father doesn't want you to keep working endlessly hard to please him your father doesn't treat you like a cog in a machine or a servant to do his bidding your father chose you and he runs after you your father Treasures you and delights in you your father forgives you Time After Time and nothing you can do changes the way he feels about you he's not a distant father to you he's he's your dad the one who always loves you and will never disown you father God thank you for adopting this child to be your child your beloved child and for giving them your spirit may your spirit speak to them now and let them feel your tender love may your spirit speak Comfort to them and let them know they are your child forever Paul says and since we are his children we are his heirs in fact together with Christ we are Heirs of God's glory but if we are to share his glory we must also share his suffering yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later for all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are against its will all creation was subjected to God's curse but with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children and glorious freedom from death and decay for we know that all creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth right up to the present time when we Believers also groan even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future Glory for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children including the new bodies he has promised us we were given this hope when we were saved imagine a Barren landscape plants struggle to grow rains come too rarely or all at once the sun is too weak or too strong animals fight for food and for dominance now picture the landscape transforming a gentle Sun a gentle rain soil growing rich soft seeds sprouting in what once was a desert trees offering towering shade and nourishing fruit a lion lying peacefully with a lamb enough for everyone families living together in harmony Cosmos flourishing every part doing what God created it to do this is the future Glory God has planned the kingdom of peace and wholeness where the curse is reversed in the hints of New Life and freedom we've experienced in the spirit will come in their fullness God join with all creation and eager expectation of this day when you will bring the full glorious freedom from death and decay may your spirit bring more and more of the first fruits of this Kingdom into our lives and our world even now [Music] Paul says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness for example we don't know what God wants us to pray for but the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words and the father who knows all Hearts knows what the spirit is saying for the spirit pleads for us Believers in harmony with God's Own will and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them for God knew his people in advance and he chose them to become like his son so that his son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters and having chosen them he called them to come to him and having called them he gave them right standing with himself and having given them right standing he gave them his glory the Holy Spirit prays for you now with language beyond words the Holy Spirit prays for God's will to be complete in you for you to flourish and the calling God has for you rest in the assurance that the spirit intercedes on your behalf rest in the assurance that God will cause everything to work together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose rest in the assurance that you have been called join in the sufferings of Christ and also the glory of Christ Paul goes on what shall we say about such wonderful things as these if God is for us who can never be against us since he did not spare even his own son but gave him up for us all won't he also give us everything else Who Dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own no one for God himself has given us right standing with himself who then will condemn us no one for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand pleading for us can anything ever separate us from Christ's love does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity or are persecuted or hungry or destitute or endanger or even threatened with death as the scriptures say for your sake we are killed every day we are being slaughtered like sheep no despite all these things overwhelming Victory Is Ours through Christ who loved us and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither our fears for today nor are worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our lord gracious and Powerful God thank you for these powerful promises if you are for us no one can stand against us every accuser will fall your spirit intercedes for this child your son pleads on this child's behalf and you have promised that nothing can ever separate this child from your love your love is not like human love which fails Your Love Never Fails help this child to trust you even those suffering in Trials will come help this child to feel the Assurance of the spirit within them letting them know that they are yours forever God I ask now that you will be with your child as they sleep through this night please give them peaceful dreams restore their mind and their spirit and wake them in the morning to a new day that you have made that they may rejoice and be glad in it that they may join in the work of bringing your peaceful Kingdom to Earth and the power of the spirit in the name of the father son and holy spirit amen [Music]

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Length: 189min 32sec (11372 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 14 2023